Author: sarahroberts
10.05.2024
Thanks to Tŷ Hafan I was able to study for my nursing degree
Katrina Morris has been a Registered Nurse for three years and was sponsored by Tŷ Hafan to study for her nursing degree. “It’s thanks to Tŷ Hafan that I was able to study for my nursing degree,” says Kat, whose...
10.05.2024
To anyone who is considering nursing at Tŷ Hafan – I’d say ‘Do it!’
Sunday, May 12, is International Nurses Day – the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing and a day when the importance of nurses and nursing across the world is recognised and celebrated. The theme...
01.05.2024
Colin, 89, to make big birthday splash for Tŷ Hafan
Many people approaching their 90th birthday might plan a quiet day with perhaps some gentle celebrations. Not so Penarth’s illustrious Colin Evans! For Colin, who will celebrate his 90th birthday on May 14, is planning to mark this milestone by...
30.04.2024
Tŷ Hafan’s Sophie is helping us to face the unthinkable
A brisk walk in the fresh air is something many of us do to help cope with the ups and downs of life. For Tŷ Hafan mums Lowis Fisher and Maria Saint Clair, simply being able to get out for...
25.04.2024
Two months to go to the Bike Boat Boot Challenge for Tŷ Hafan
With just two months to go until their latest challenge, the Bike Boat Boot for Tŷ Hafan team are in full training mode. This will be the third extreme challenge for this 12-strong group of passionate fundraisers, which is made up...
23.04.2024
Congratulations to our London Marathon 2024 runners
Huge congratulations to our ten amazing London Marathon 2024 runners who did us proud last Sunday. Ed Kurno and Geraint Lloyd Brennan, both of Swansea, Penarth’s Luke Samra and Grant Robson, Joshua Evans and Gareth Booy, both of Pontypridd,...
22.04.2024
Tŷ Hafan’s golf day is a hole-in-one success
Former Wales rugby international Shane Williams and top comedian, actor and writer Steve Speirs, joined keen golfers from across Wales last Friday for Tŷ Hafan’s 25th anniversary Charity Golf Day sponsored by Mitie. Twenty four teams played 18 holes at...
12.04.2024
Funding boost from Welsh Government
It has been announced today that Tŷ Hafan and Tŷ Gobaith, Wales’s two children’s hospices, are set to receive a combined funding boost of £770,000 from the Welsh Government. Here is our response to this announcement. Jason Foster, Interim Chief...
28.03.2024
Vaughan Gething visits our Penarth shop
On Friday 22nd March, Tŷ Hafan was delighted to welcome Vaughan Gething, Senedd Member for Cardiff South and Penarth and the new First Minister of Wales, to our charity shop in Penarth. Tracy Jones, Director of Family Wellbeing and Outreach...
25.01.2024
Tŷ Hafan marks 25 years since first opening its doors
Today, Thursday January 25, is exactly 25 years to the day since Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice first opened its doors to children with life-shortening conditions, and their families, in Wales. The first dedicated children’s hospice in Wales, Tŷ Hafan welcomed...
25.01.2024
Emily, Liz and John’s Story
Emily Weaver lives with her parents Liz and John Weaver in the family home in Brackla, near Bridgend. Aged 12, Emily was the first child to pass through Tŷ Hafan’s doors when the hospice opened to children with life-shortening conditions...
25.01.2024
Jacob and Sally’s Story
Sally Ferriday and her son Jacob live in Palmerston, Barry. In 1999 Jacob, then aged two, was one of the very first children to be supported by Tŷ Hafan after it opened on Monday, 25 January 1999. Here Sally explains...